today IDEM Singapore 06 April

business12 IDEM Singapore 2014—6 April Dental products “Made in France” are on display at level 6, where FFDM-Thomas is currently presenting a variety of dental instruments like dental implant drills and endodontic files. More- over, the manufacturer from Bourges in the heart of France is showcasing dental trephines of the Thomas brand which can be used to remove bone around den- tal implants safely. According to FFDM, the instru- ments have sharpened blades made of stainless steel that in- crease the cutting efficiency for a non-traumatic treatment. They also feature depth marks in order to allow clinicians to accurately control the drilling depth. The company recommends to use the trephines on a contra angle in order to reach the required rota- tional speed of 500 to 800 rpm. Another specialty of FFDM is the production of dental implant drills that the company designs according to the specifications and needs of implant companies. According to the company, they offer an excellent resistance to the corrosion owing to the ma- chining of many stainless steel grades as well as high cutting power. Owing to the expertise of over 10 years of development, FFDM is now able to manufacture implant drills with complex shapes, in- cluding conical, cylindrical and shaped. Coatings, heat and surface treatments, laser marking, colour identification are other fields the company says to have mastered. Besidesitscomprehensiverange of products for dental implan- tology, the company also offers a number of endodontic products including files that are sold un- der the Thomas brand. Available in manual or in contra-angle ver- sions, they can be used to clean, to disinfect and to shape the root canals when they are infected by bacterium, the company said. Theycomeeitherinstainlesssteel or nickel titanium, a shape mem- ory alloy. For the clinical challenge of removing posts from root canals prior to endodontic retreatment, the company now offers the Uni- versal Post Remover, a modified version of its proven GONON post remover. With this new version, the company said clinicians will beabletoeasilyremovethemajor- ity of posts (posts, screw posts, fiber posts) that are currently available in the market without riskingtheintegrityoftheremain- ing tooth structure. FFDM-THOMAS, FRANCE www.ffdm-pneumat.fr Booth 6E–14 NOVELTIES FOR IMPLANT AND ENDODONTIC SURGERY Dentaltrephinesallowtheremovalofbonearounddentalimplants.(DTI/PhotoFFDM,France) FFDM manufactures drills in complex shapes. The Universal Post Remover is a modification of FFDM's GONON post remover. Endo files are available in stainless steel or nickel titanium. The global provider of implant dentistry solutions Straumann hasannouncedthatitsinnovative implant material Roxolid will soon be available in all South East Asian markets. The new broad- ened Roxolid SLActive implant portfolio will be rolled out across the region by the end of 2014, the company said. At IDEM, Roxolid will be pre- sented for the first time on all diameters and all implant lines in Asia. Furthermore, Straumann will showcase a new 4 mm short line to overcome clinical cases with limited vertical space, as for severely atrophic jaw bone. All Roxolid SLActive implants feature the new Loxim transfer piece to simplify the handling. According to Straumann, the combination of the high mechani- cal strength of Roxolid with the advanced osseointegration prop- erties of the hydrophilic SLActive surface allows dental profession- als to avoid GBR procedures by choosing smaller sized implants which can reduce the invasive- ness of implant treatments and increase patient acceptance be- cause invasive grafting proce- durescanbeeliminated.Thisway, clinicians will be able to reduce treatment time, preserve vital peri-implant structures and de- crease post-surgical complica- tions. New implant patients can also be attracted to the practice by offering products that avoid the need for invasive and costly GBR procedures, the company added. All implants are covered by Straumann’s lifelong implant warranty. Composed of titanium and zir- conium, Roxolid was specifically designed for use in dental implan- tology. The material has been suc- cessfully used by clinicians world- wide during the last four years and, according to Straumann, the vast majority of them are fully convinced of the advantages of this innovation. Mechanical tests have demonstrated a significantly higher tensile strength of Roxolid compared to annealed or cold workedtitanium.Furthermore,dy- namic fatigue strength tests have demonstrated that i.e. Ø 3.3 mm Tissue Level Roxolid implants are stronger than Ø 4.1 mm Tissue Level Titanium implants and that Ø 4.1 mm Bone Level Roxolid im- plants are stronger than Ø 4.8 mm Bone Level Titanium implants. The outstanding performance ofSLActivewasalsodemonstrated in various pre-clinical and clinical studies. Roxolid implants have not only shown superior capabilities for osseointegration compared to TitaniumSLActiveimplants;these properties have were also demon- strated for the first time in a com- promised model. STRAUMANN, SWITZERLAND www.straumann.com Booth 4D-01 STRAUMANN AIMS TO SET NEW STANDARDS WITH ROXOLID SLACTIVE IN SOUTH-EAST ASIA Dürr Dental is expanding its VistaScan series with a compact imageplatescanner.Accordingto the German company, the new device is supposed to make the transition from film to digital im- age processing considerably eas- ier for dentists and orthodontists. In addition to a high resolution touch display, which can be used to operate the ScanManager, the VistaScan Mini offers wire- less networking capabilities for greater flexibility in the dental practice. “The VistaScan Mini View was developedasanefficientnetwork solution for surgeries with sev- eral treatment rooms. You can even use the scanner without PC ornetwork,whichmakesitpartic- ularly suitable for mobile use by aidorganisationsorinresidential care institutions,” explained Frank Kiesele, Head of Dürr’s Im- aging Systems Product Develop- ment. Clinicians can choose whether they want to operate the touch display by hand or with a stylus pen. Image processing functions, such as magnifica- tion, contrast and brightness level, have been directly implemented into the device. Ac- cording to Kiesele, VistaScan Mini View is able to process all intra- oral sizes from S0 toS4.Thehandling and variety of for- mats is similar to film with the ad- vantage that it can be easily posi- tioned in the oral cavity of the patient and digitised quickly, he said. With the new VistaScan Combi, Dürr also offers a larger version of its image plate scanner View that can process intraoral images as well as extraoral im- ages such as large panoramic and Ceph images. DÜRR DENTAL, GERMANY www.duerr.de Booth 4H-09 NEW IMAGE PLATE SCANNER WITH TOUCH DISPLAY AVAILABLE FROM DÜRR